Dentists in Ormond Beach, FL: Local Guide

Quick answer: Ormond Beach, FL has 33 dental practices in the Dental.me directory. 21 are rated on Google, averaging 4.77★ across 3,338 reviews. Top by independent Dental.me Score: Kraski, Costello & Drake, PA, Sara Kohen Dean DMD PLLC, Steven R. & Jennifer S. Cooper DMD PA. Compare them below and shortlist two or three near you to call.

Ormond Beach has 33 dental practices packed into a barrier-island town of roughly 45,000 people — and the striking thing about them is not how many there are, but how consistently well-reviewed they are. Of the 21 practices with enough Google ratings to score, exactly zero sit below 4.0 stars. Fourteen of them clear 4.8. In most Florida towns we profile, the rating curve has a long unhappy tail. Ormond Beach doesn’t. If you are moving here from Daytona, retiring down A1A, or just tired of your current chair, the real challenge isn’t avoiding a bad dentist — it’s telling several genuinely good ones apart.

That is the honest starting point for anyone searching “best dentist in Ormond Beach.” This guide leans on the actual numbers behind the Ormond Beach dentist directory — 3,338 Google reviews, practice-by-practice ratings, and a specialty map of who actually offers what — to help you choose fast and choose right.

A top-heavy market: where the 3,338 reviews actually live

Here is the first thing the data reveals that a Google search won’t. Ormond Beach’s review volume is enormously concentrated. Three practices — Steven R. & Jennifer S. Cooper DMD PA (759 reviews), Kraski, Costello & Drake, PA (644), and Sara Kohen Dean DMD PLLC (565) — hold nearly 1,968 reviews between them. That’s about 59% of every rated experience in town sitting inside just three front doors.

There’s a demographic reason this town skews toward established, high-volume practices. Ormond Beach runs older and steadier than its louder neighbor across the Halifax River — a lot of long-term residents and retirees who’ve seen the same dentist for a decade and left a review to prove it. That stability is exactly what compounds into 500- and 700-review practices, and it’s why a newcomer’s search results here are dominated by a handful of deeply entrenched names rather than a churn of new offices. The upside for you: those reviews are earned over years, not bought in a launch month. The catch: the biggest names are also the ones most people call first, so ask how far out they are booking.

Why does that matter to you? Because review count tells you how many reviews have been posted, over how long. A practice with 600+ reviews and a 4.8–5.0 rating has been doing the same thing, well, for a long time, in front of a lot of people. It is the safest possible bet if you value a proven, high-volume operation. But it tells you nothing about the waiting room or how far out the office books. The dozen smaller practices — places like Smillie Dental Ormond PLLC (61 reviews, 5.0) or Martha Smyth (67 reviews, 4.9) — often trade volume for a quieter chair and more one-on-one time. Neither is “better.” They’re different buying decisions, and knowing which one you’re making is half the battle.

The quality floor is unusually high — read the distribution before you read a single review

When every option looks good, star ratings stop being a filter. So look at the shape of the market instead:

Two-thirds of Ormond Beach’s rated practices (14 of 21) score 4.8 or higher. Another four land in the 4.5–4.79 range — still excellent. Only three fall into the 4.0–4.49 band, and not one practice scores below 4.0. The town-wide average is 4.77 stars. Practically, this means you can safely skip the “is this place any good?” question and jump straight to fit: Do they take my insurance? Do they do the specific work I need? Can they see me when I need to be seen?

Match the specialty to the chair — not every practice does every procedure

This is where Ormond Beach’s small-town scale actually helps you. Because the market is compact, it’s easy to see which capabilities are common and which are scarce. Cosmetic dentistry and teeth whitening are the most widely available — a dozen practices each — while true endodontic and pediatric specialists are rarer.

A few planning notes that fall straight out of these counts:

• Cosmetic and whitening are everywhere. With 12 practices offering cosmetic dentistry and 12 offering teeth whitening, you have real leverage to shop on price, technology, and bedside manner.
• Implants are well-covered but worth comparing. Eleven practices place dental implants, a big procedure where a second opinion pays for itself. Cross-reference our national dental-cost guide before you commit.
• Root canals route to a handful of specialists. Only six endodontists serve the area — one of them, Manne & Borer Endodontics and Microsurgery PL (4.8, 113 reviews), is a dedicated microsurgery practice. If a general dentist refers you out, this is the short list.
• Families should book early. Six pediatric dentists and six endodontists are the scarcest categories, so both are the narrowest fields in town.

How to actually choose, in the order that matters

Given a market this uniformly strong, the decision comes down to a short, ranked checklist. Work it top to bottom and stop when you’ve got a match:

1. Insurance and payment first. The fastest way to shrink a 33-practice list is to call your top three and confirm they’re in-network. This eliminates more options than any rating ever will.
2. Match the procedure. Use the specialty map above. Need orthodontics? Eight practices do that work. Need an emergency dentist today? Nine practices handle urgent care.
3. Pick your profile: proven-and-busy vs. small-and-personal. The concentration chart tells you which is which.
4. Check for a website and online booking. Only 21 of 33 practices (about 64%) maintain a real web presence, so a modern, bookable site is itself a small signal of how the office runs.
5. Read the most recent reviews, not the average. With the floor this high, the trend line matters more than the score.

The six practices worth calling first

Every practice below is real, currently listed, and ranked by patient rating and review volume on Dental.me. Slugs link to full profiles with hours, services, and the complete review history.

• Kraski, Costello & Drake, PA — 5.0 stars, 644 reviews. A large, long-established group practice; one of the three that anchor the town’s review volume.
• Sara Kohen Dean DMD PLLC — 5.0 stars, 565 reviews. A perfect score at high volume is rare anywhere; here it’s a top-tier general option.
• Steven R. & Jennifer S. Cooper DMD PA — 4.8 stars, 759 reviews. The most-reviewed practice in Ormond Beach, and a husband-and-wife DMD team.
• Manne & Borer Endodontics and Microsurgery PL — 4.8 stars, 113 reviews. The specialist to know if you’re facing a root canal or surgical case.
• Smillie Dental Ormond PLLC — 5.0 stars, 61 reviews. A smaller, perfect-rated practice for patients who want a quieter, more personal setting.
• Martha Smyth — 4.9 stars, 67 reviews. Another highly rated boutique option.

See all 33 practices, filter by specialty, and compare published hours on the full Ormond Beach dentist directory — then call the office directly to confirm accepted insurance.

Nearby, if you’d rather widen the net

Ormond Beach sits at the north end of the Daytona metro, so a five-to-fifteen-minute drive opens up hundreds more options. Worth a look: Holly Hill, Daytona Beach, South Daytona, Daytona Beach Shores, Port Orange, and Flagler Beach to the north. For emergencies or scarce specialties, widening the radius is often the fastest way to find more offices to call. Curious how we score and rank every practice? Read how we rank dentists.

Dental.me organizes dental directory data so patients can compare offices with confidence. Use each practice profile and its available website, map, and phone details for current appointment, payment, and care decisions.